When conventional treatments fail, evidence-based alternatives matter. Cold water immersion (as explored in this deep dive) ranks among nine interventions with research support for treatment-resistant depression.
so when you've tried two or three or six treatments for your depression anxiety or PTSD and nothing helps you might feel even more hopeless like a fulfilling life is not possible for you but I have good news there are literally 500 treatments for depression like we're talking treatments for severe forms of depression anxiety and PTSD and most of them are surprisingly effective so let's
typical approaches when you're treating depression it's really important that you check for untreated underlying medical conditions right you should go to your doctor get basic lab work done many of these things like low thyroid anemia diabetes and other vitamin or hormone deficiencies are pretty easy to test for and rule out my dad used to experience pretty bad depression but when he got treated for low thyroid he
this skills section for a second learning new skills right do you need to learn more adaptive techniques for solving problems like maybe Financial stressors is contributing to your depression maybe you need to learn techniques to set a budget or how to get training for a better job or maybe you need to learn skills on how to improve relationships I literally have dozens of videos to help you grow your mental
really accurate diagnosis we can try different treatments and medications that are more effective for these situations and I can give you one example I was working with a client and I worked with him for a couple of years and for the first year I thought I was treating I mean he he presented the symptoms of depression and some symptoms of PTSD but after watching him for a year I saw that twice a year every year
psychiatrist or your medical care team to do them and I'm just going to tell you about them so that you can be informed when you talk with your doctor so let's talk about ECT this is electroconvulsive therapy it involves getting a series of electrical pulses delivered into your brain while you're under general anesthesia these pulses trigger a controlled seizure which is thought to help reset the brain's neural
depression up to 50 to 60% of patients show Improvement and around a third C remission it's less invasive than ECT it doesn't require anesthesia and it generally has a lot less side effects than ECT you might feel like your scalp tingling or you might get a headache so it has less side effects you can drive yourself right after like you don't have to have someone take you to the hospital you don't have to do
being used off label so your insurance might not cover the more effective form of treatment I know this is a like the US Healthcare System is a mess we can just leave it at that so with ECT TMS and ketamine these treatments seem to be like resetting the brain they help erase old rigid neural Pathways one of the ways I've had this described to me is it's like if you have a ski slope and people have skied the same path the
risks and some side effects sometimes people's voice might change or their throat might have some discomfort BNS is usually just considered when other treatments haven't worked it is FDA approved for the treatment of epilepsy and for treatment resistant depression okay so those are four intensive medical interventions that are FDA approved now we're going to move down into alternative treatments these have
its risks this is not FDA approved but it has been given the Breakthrough therapy designation to allow for more research so there's a few states that are doing active legal research and you can get treatment legally there but it's illegal in Most states in the United States you can see that we're moving away from FDA approved treatments toward more experimental treatments so let's talk about getting a labotomy okay just
tract your stomach and your brain is really important it plays a crucial role in mental health and fecal transplants May influence this axis by altering gut microbiota composition this might help with neurotransmitter production immune function and inflammation all of these are connected to your mental health emerging research suggests but does not we don't have enough evidence as usual that fmt may have potential benefits for
woman with major depressive disorder experienced significant Improvement after regular Cold Water Swimming sessions and she eventually got off all her meds and was symptom free a year later how does it work research suggests that cold exposure increases levels of neurotransmitters like norpine phrine and dopamine and these are associated with improved mood and reduced anxiety regular exposure to cold water might
ion therapy and earthing or grounding and now I'm not saying that these don't work I'm saying there's not evidence that these work so I would not recommend that you spend a lot of money on these treatments okay so if you have treatment resistant depression there are a lot of options for you to try so don't give up if you haven't found what works for you a beautiful life where you feel empowered to pursue your goals and your
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Cold water immersion shows promise in treatment-resistant cases
Mechanism: the science of dopamine elevation, inflammation reduction, vagal tone enhancement
Combines well with other modalities: ketamine, TMS, psychotherapy
Not a replacement for medication—an addition to comprehensive care
"The body adapts to what you consistently demand of it—controlled stress builds resilience when applied deliberately."
